Lemon Potato Cake – gluten-free & low FODMAP

This cake has been a eureka moment! It is moist, delicate and delicious. I have baked with many different vegetables as a base for sweet dishes including pumpkin, zucchini, white beans and avocado but I have never used potato. And yet it is such an obvious choice because it is a starch just like flour. I made absolutely sure I didn’t overcook it, and that lemon syrup took it over the top. This has to be my biggest low FODMAP triumph yet. I finished it off with a little icing made of icing sugar and lemon juice just to kick it up a notch.
This recipe has almond meal in it but I have kept it to a small amount because the Monash University, which researches the FODMAP diet, says we can only have less than 10 almonds at a time. I have already discovered this and so do limit them. I still find it amazing that everything that is considered healthy to eat can be suspect for us. It has been an interesting journey so far.

Sift the flours and baking powder together and add to the wet ingredients.

Add the mashed potato, zest and the almond meal.

Pour into the tin and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Cool a little then tip out onto a wire rack.

Mix the lemon juice and sugar for the syrup and slowly pour over the warm cake.

Cool completely before slicing and eating.

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One more thing before I sign off for the night. You all know by now that I have just published 7 novels on Amazon. Well, for today and the next two days I have made Crash into Darkness free for you all. This book is a romantic suspense with paranormal elements. It is book 1 of the Cleaven Gene series and it came second in the R*by Awards (Romantic Elements category) a few years back. Another of my books, Beneath the Surface, came first. You can get it free here.

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What a clever idea to use potatoes in a cake! You are such a creative cook – I love the idea! And lemon is one of my favorite flavors, so I find this immensely appealing. Really a bummer that you need to limit your almonds, because almond flour is such good stuff. But you’re coping extremely well. Anyway, wonderful cake – thanks.

This is such a beautiful looking cake. I love how the lemon icing just dribbles down the sides of the cake. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked a cake with mashed potato but I have used pumpkin, carrot, zucchini etc so I should try this. I does look super-moist. Thanks for the offer of your book xx

Shari, I used real mashed potatoes. I have never used potato flakes before – didn’t even know they exist. I bought general purpose potatoes which are the best for mashing. Don’t use the more waxy ones because they don’t mash well. If you make it, you will love it.

Hi there! So I have been browsing TONS of recipes because my niece has many allergies, gluten and nuts specifically and i love this recipe and was curious if there is any way the almond meal can be substituted? My niece hates chocolate (she cant have most anyways) and she loves lemon so I am hoping that maybe you have a few ideas that you wouldnt mind sharing! Thank you!

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I am Suzanne Perazzini, the author of two low Fodmap cookbooks, Low Fodmap Menus and Low Fodmap Snacks, and the creator of the Inspired Life Low Fodmap Coaching Program as well as the Combat Your IBS Symptoms course. I live in New Zealand in a house overlooking the Pacific Ocean with my husband and son. Since discovering the low FODMAP diet, my irritable bowel syndrome issues, which I have suffered from all my life, have all but disappeared and my life has been transformed. My blog focuses on the low FODMAP diet and features videos, recipes and articles on irritable bowel syndrome. My mission in life is to help those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome to implement the low Fodmap diet. Read More…